AI is moving at an astronomical pace: In a little more than a year, it has shifted the entire conversation not just in enterprise, but in everyday life.
Things are accelerating so fast, in fact, that even those working in the field are taken aback. Many report being surprised — and increasingly concerned — by AI’s rapid progress, according to a new survey.
In 2023 Expert Survey on…
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by two notable ex-Google engineers, announced today that it has raised $30 million in seed funding from high-profile technology investors. The young company, founded just last year, aims to take a different…
Stability AI releases Stable Code 3B to fill in blanks of AI-powered code generation
January 17, 2024
Stability AI claims Stable Code 3B outperforms StarCoder across Python, C++, JavaScript, Java, PHP and Rust programming languages.
Stable Code 3B is being made available for commercial use as part of Stability AI’s new membership subscription service that was first…
Last week, OpenAI unveiled its GPT Store for third-party creators of custom chatbots (GPTs) to list and ultimately monetize their creations. But the company isn’t done making news in the first month of 2024.
Late in the day on Monday, OpenAI published a blog post detailing how it plans to implement new safeguards around its AI tools — especially its image generation model DALL-E and citations…
New Deloitte gen AI report: Business leaders concerned about societal impact, tech talent
January 16, 2024
Generative AI is moving so quickly that consulting leader Deloitte has published the first edition of a new quarterly survey exploring gen AI’s impact on the enterprise. The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise: Now Decides Next surveyed 2,800 respondents from director…
Last month, I reported on the widening web of connections between the effective altruism (EA) movement and AI security policy circles — from top AI startups like Anthropic to DC think tanks like RAND Corporation. These are linking EA, with its laser-focus on preventing…
PwC survey: 77% of CEOs concerned about AI cybersecurity risks
January 16, 2024
Today, almost every enterprise wants to jump on the generative AI bandwagon. They are building interesting new solutions and are bullish on the prospects of the foundation models.
However, according to a new survey of global CEOs conducted by PwC, despite all major benefits, this much-hyped technology can also bring in some major challenges, including potential security risks.
The firm…
VentureBeat’s AI Impact Tour launches with focus on bleeding edge of generative AI and governance
January 15, 2024
VentureBeat launched our AI Impact Tour this week with an event in San Francisco, which included talks about the swift adoption of generative AI in the banking industry, and the cutting-edge areas around governance of the technology.
Our AI Impact Tour is a series of events…
After AI’s summer: What’s next for artificial intelligence?
January 15, 2024
By any measure, 2023 was an amazing year for AI. Large language Models (LLMs) and their chatbot applications stole the show, but there were advances across a broad swath of uses. These include image, video and voice generation.
The combination of these digital technologies…
As the retail industry gears up for the big NRF 2024 conference that gets started on Jan. 13, it is clear that generative AI will be top of mind for many and Google is aiming to be a key part of the action.
Today Google Cloud announced a series of AI technologies and services designed to help retailers deliver more personalized and efficient shopping experiences to their customers. The new…
